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November (super late) update 15.12.2025 Not much change again, I have been a bit lax this month, which I am annoyed about, but I guess I have been seeing this girl I really like, so there's a bit of an excuse there, hopefully we can stay together as I have (yet more!) other health problems...

Generally, you want to keep the volume of the speaker below the volume of the tinnitus. You want to be able to make out the tinnitus sounds somewhat, so you can eventually habituate to it (part of which is realising with time that it's not going to kill you). Then, with habituation, the volume...

Ok, I was really impressed for a moment because going from a 6 out of 10 to a 2 out of 10 is a big improvement in only 2 weeks. It took me about 10 months to get down to a 2 or 3 out of 10, coming from a 6 out of 10, so it was a bad case but not severe. I was still really depressed, though, and...

That's great news about the reduction in tinnitus - is it this one I found online "Acoustic coordinated reset therapy for tinnitus with perceptually relevant frequency spacing and levels"? Published in 2019? Might be tempted to switch up my own MP3 pink noise file for this if it works wonders...

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I'm sorry to hear that mate, have you tried Tinnitus Retraining Therapy?

Ah, sorry, my mistake. It is interesting that you have a dip at around 3 kHz, even though it is still within the normal hearing pass range. That is the same thing I get when they play high tones at the same frequency as my tinnitus. You hear the tone, but you cannot distinguish it from the...

Hmmm, I cannot find the exact forum post I read earlier where the person with drug-induced tinnitus eventually had it fade to almost nothing, but here is something from Google’s AI search. I know it is not necessarily infallible, but still worth noting: Have you had a hearing test? That would...

Hey mate, sorry to hear you are going through this. It can be horrible in the beginning when you realize the tinnitus will not fade after a few hours or days. The ear pain, which is hyperacusis, is nasty as well. The good news is that your tinnitus is largely caused by medications. If you look...

October update (31/10/2025) I don’t think I’ve made any progress this month, as my MML and MAL remain about the same, which is disappointing. The reason, however, is clear. I skipped a lot of days of listening to pink noise, and on the other days I didn’t manage to reach eight hours. This was...

Sorry to hear you had such a bad case, but I’m glad it’s now just a low white noise type of sound. I completely understand what you mean about unnatural sounds from speakers. Whenever I listen to music through one, it gives me a headache and makes my tinnitus a bit louder if I listen for too...

September Update (07/10/2025) Sorry, this update is a bit late, as I was on holiday. My latest MML is around 10, and my MAL hovers between 1 and 4, so maybe there’s been a tiny bit more progress. My absolute dream is to never hear the sound again, even in silence like Peter Studenik, but I...

Hi mate, sorry, I only just read this. I didn’t get the notification for some reason. TRT stands for Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. It’s a combination of sound therapy using pink or white noise delivered through earphones or hearing aids with built-in speakers, set at a level below the tinnitus...

August Update (05/09/2025) A short update, as not too much has been happening. I have moved out of my parents’ home now that university is finished, and I feel optimistic about what life in my new flat will bring. It is noisier with neighbors and general background sounds, so it has been harder...